Unbuttoning implement.



G. E. COLLINS. UNBUTTONING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED new. 1913.

1,084,399, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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CHARLES E. COLLINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UNBUTTONING IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ci-IARLEs E. COLLINS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Unbuttoning Implement, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved implementfor quickly imbuttoning buttoned shoes without danger of undulystraining the buttons or injuring the buttonholes and without requiringmuch physical exertion or skill on the part of the user or operator.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a handleprovided with a flat shank having an elongated aperture and a fiat headat the end of the shank, and having its sides projecting beyond thesides of the shank.

A practical embodiment of the invention represented in the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of the unbuttoning implement inthe successive positions for unbuttoning a button on a shoe; and Fig. &is a plan view of the unbuttoning implement.

The unbuttoning implement is provided with a handle A terminating at oneend in a button hook B for buttoning a shoe, the other end of the handlehaving a Hat portion C for conveniently holding the handle in positionin the hand without danger of the handle turning in the operators hand.Tihe flat portion C terminates in a flat shank I) provided at its endwith an elongated aperture E, the shank terminating in a flat head Fhaving its sides F projecting beyond the sides of the shank D at theaperture E. The aperture E is adapted to engage about one halt' of thebutton G while the head F is adapted to pass through the buttonhole H,it being understood that the button G is attached to the rear flap 1' ofthe shoe while the buttonhole H is on the front flap 1 oi the shoe.

in using the unbuttoning implement, the operator places the shank D flatagainst the outer face of the flap I with theaperture E adjacent andbelow the button G, and one side F of the head F at the rear end of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Serial No. 783,044.

buttonhole H, as shown in Fig. 1. The operator now gives an upwardquarter turn to the unbuttoning implement so that the lower half of thebutton Gr passes edgewise into the aperture E while the inner side F ofthe head F passes through the rear portion of the buttonhole H, as shownin Fig. 2. The operator now swings the implement upward, past a verticalposition, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and during this movement the head Fpasses completely through the buttonhole H and with it the button G. Aslight downward push on the implement now disengages the latter from thebutton and then the implement is drawn outward so as to disengage theshank D from the buttonhole H.

The head F has its peripheral edge rounded off or approximatelysemicircular, so that the said edge readily passes through thebuttonhole on swinging the implement upward from the position shown inFig. 2 to the position indicated in Fig By engaging approximatelyone-half of the button edgewise with the aperture E, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, the button forms a fulcrum for the implement to swing on, and thebutton is pushed edgewise through the buttonhole. The but-tons G areapproximately hemispherical and have a flat base with a dependingcentral eye G, and the aperture E is intended to receive onlyapproximately onehalf of the button edgewise with the eye resting on theflat shank portion to one side of the aperture E, and hence when theimplement is moved around the button G is carried along with the base inan approximately vertical plane to cause the button to readily passthrough the buttonhole H.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

An unbuttoning implement, comprising a handle having a flat shankprovided at its end with an elongated aperture for engagement with thebutton, and a fiat head integral on the end of the shank and having itssides projecting beyond the sides of the shank.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. COLLINS.

Witnesses THOMAS BRADY, C. F. FREEMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, .D. C."

